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...second, that its people are the finest in the world; and third, that he is the finest of them all. But all the same, these old seamen were great characters. They didn't do any flag-waving, they didn't make the eagle, scream. They were sturdy, dignified and fond of having their own way; a phrase coined some years ago just fits them--100 percent American...
...Allison in "Extravagance" a not too original story of an extravagant wife who is the despair of her fond husband leads the bill at the Modern and Beacon this week. Barold Lloyd as usual entertains this time in "Number Please" not quite so hilarious however as his last picture. The bill concludes with "Out of the Chorus" a conventional story given new life by the performance of Alice Brady in the leading role...
However the future may allow for such expansion, it can, I think, be truthfully said that some of the fond expectations of its founder have been realized by the Bussey Institution...
...after all, who are to strip? The masses or only a select few--only the lovely and symmetrical and artistical--or who so conceit themselves? A or Anne, may be chaste but clumsy; B, or Betsy delicate-minded but dumpy and dowdy; C, active and fond of dancing but ugly; F, feminine in feeling but fat and fubsy. Must they therefore cover up? Must only Grace, Beauty and Agility go cool whilst Fat swelters and Fubsy faints? If so may there not be an exclusiveness in Polka as in Piety--and a monopoly of nakedness as of righteousness--a Socialism...
...tragically confesses, while passionately in love with the governess, Miss Pinney,--"the most spiritual-minded woman in the world"; Cora is obstinately devoted to an elderly grasswidower who uses her to shield his own unwelcome love for Miss Pinney; Mrs. Wheeler suspects her tortured husband to be over-fond of the governess, until both mother and daughter seek the affection of Clarence. Clarence himself, having secured a job as handy-man-around-the-house on the sole recommendation that he "could drive nails without swearing" is the confidant of the entire family, because, as he is constantly being told...